Alexa Tullett
Co-Host of Two Psychologists Four Beers
Alexa's research examines scientific, religious, and political beliefs, and the factors that facilitate or impede belief change. Some of her work takes a meta-scientific approach, using psychological methods to study the beliefs and practices of psychological scientists.
Alexa is also 1/3 of The Black Goat, the first and best podcast about psychology.
Alexa Tullett has hosted 43 Episodes.
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Episode 72: The Climate Survey (with Danielle McDuffie)
September 15th, 2021 | 59 mins 21 secs
The story of how a graduate student climate survey at the University of Alabama led to a very contentious year.
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Episode 71: The Good Life
September 1st, 2021 | 1 hr 6 mins
good life, happiness, meaning, richness
Alexa and Yoel discuss a new paper arguing that psychological richness is an overlooked aspect of the good life (well, overlooked by well-being researchers, anyway). Also, Alexa reviews an (accidentally-purchased) alcohol-free beer.
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Episode 70: Older
August 11th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
aging, politics, research methods, self-care, writing
Alexa and Yoel tackle the most dreaded subject: getting older. Have they become better researchers and people over the years? Are they happier and more connected? Or are they just more forgetful and less good at stats?
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Episode 69: How to Self-Care
July 21st, 2021 | 1 hr 11 mins
rejected paper parties, self-care, summer, work-life balance, workload
Alexa and Yoel go deep on self-care. What is it, how do you do it, and why does the term raise Yoel's hackles? How hard do we actually work, and should we be trying to work less?
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Episode 68: How (Not) to be a Hater
July 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 24 mins
creativity, hating, joy, salty lassi, skepticism
Alexa and Yoel discuss "The Anticreativity Letters," a satirical article by Richard Nisbett that advises young psychology researchers to (among other things) avoid being overly critical. How does that advice hold up today? How does one combine appropriate skepticism with enthusiasm for research? Or are the two in conflict at all?
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Episode 66: How is Open Science Doing?
June 9th, 2021 | 1 hr 26 mins
open science, preregistration, publishing, scientific utopia
Yoel and Alexa discuss progress in open science over the past 10 years. Is the scientific reform glass half-full or half-empty? Where have we made progress, and what still needs work? Also, the true story of how Ashley Madison got its name.
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Episode 65: Our Social Media Prisms
May 26th, 2021 | 1 hr 28 mins
french, polarization, politics, social media
Mickey, Alexa, and Yoel break down "Breaking the Social Media Prism," a new book arguing that social media reinforces our pre-existing political beliefs and polarizes us against the other side.